|
SPECIES |
BLOOMS |
ELEVATION |
COLOR |
Spring-beauty
(Claytonia virginica) |
February -May |
wide ranging |
magenta |
Hepatica
(Hepatica noblis) |
March-May |
below 3,000' |
white |
Sweet White Violet
(Viola blanda) |
March-June |
above 2,500' |
white |
Jack-in-the-pulpit
(Arisaema triphyllum) |
March-June |
wide ranging |
green |
Bloodroot
(Sanguinaria canadensis) |
March-May |
below 3,000' |
white |
Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida) |
April |
below 3,000' |
white |
Creeping phlox
(Phlox stolonifera) |
April-May |
1,000-3,500' |
blue/pink |
Foamflower
(Tirella cordifolia) |
April-May |
below 4,000' |
white |
Columbine
(Aquilegia canadensis) |
April-May |
below 2,500' |
red |
Fire pink
(Silene virginica) |
April-June |
below 5,000' |
red |
Smooth yellow violet
(Viola pubescens) |
April-May |
below 2,500' |
yellow |
Dutchman's breeches
(Dicentra cucullaria) |
April-May |
below 5,000' |
white |
Painted trillium
(Trillium undulatum) |
April-May |
3,000'-6,000' |
white-red |
Wild geranium
(Geranium maculatum) |
April-May |
below 4,500' |
pink |
White trillium
(Trillium grandiflorum) |
April-May |
below 3,500' |
white |
Crested dwarf iris
(Iris cristata) |
April-May |
below 3,500' |
purple |
Redbud
(Cercis canadensis) |
April-May |
below 1,500' |
pink |
Fringed phacelia
(Phacelia fimbriata) |
April-May |
2,500-5000' |
white |
Flame azalea
(Rhodendron calendulaceum |
April-July |
wide ranging |
orange |
Showy orchis
(Glearis spectabilis) |
April-May |
below 3,000' |
purple |
Trout-lily
(Erythronium americanum) |
April-May |
wide ranging |
yellow |
White wake robin
(Trillium erectum) |
May-June |
above 4,500' |
white |
Mountain Laurel
(Kalmia latifolia) |
May-June |
below 6,000' |
white & pink |
Vasey's trillium
(Trillium vaseyi) |
May-July |
below 3,500' |
purple |
Passion-flower
(Passiflora incarnata) |
May-July |
below 2,500' |
purple |
Catawba rhododendron
(Rhododendron catawbiense) |
June |
above 3,500' |
pink-purple |
Rosebay rhododendron
(Rhododendron maximum) |
June-July |
below 5,000' |
white & pink |
